Association between the Value-Based Purchasing pay for performance program and patient mortality in US hospitals: Observational study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 353, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Figueroa, Jose F ^a,b   Tsugawa, Yusuke ^a   Jie Zheng, E ^a   Orav, John ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL VALUE BASED PURCHASING PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84969933294     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2214     Document Type: Article

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